Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 September 2020
148. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support available to small business that were impacted by recent flooding in Clifden, County Galway; the conditions that apply to such aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24061/20]
View answerThe Emergency Humanitarian Scheme which is overseen and funded by my Department provides urgent funding to small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations which could not secure flood insurance and have premises that have been damaged by recent exceptional weather events.
I am informed through our liaison with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government through the Local Authority on the ground that the flooding damage in Clifden was in respect to private residences only. The provision of humanitarian aid for damages suffered in this respect is under the remit of my colleague Minister Heather Humphreys, Minister for Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands.
